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Archive for November, 2009

John Adams joins the blogging world

Yazan: Jason | 24 November 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: blogging

Composer John Adams has started a blog. Called Hell Mouth (great name, don’t you think?), at present it covers a variety of musical and non-musical topics. Here are a few that I connected with: What Music Can and Cannot Do Hocking a Hooey at the Concert Great stuff all around. In addition to working with [...]

Doublebassscore – Eccles Sonata Mvt. 2

Yazan: Jason | 23 November 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos

More great content from the Doublebassscore YouTube channel: -performed by Klaus Stoll (former Contrabass Conversations guest) Thanks to John Grillo for pointing this out to me!

CBC 145 – David Cutler and The Savvy Musician

Yazan: Jason | 21 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, bass, Contrabass Conversations

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We’re chatting with David Cutler, the author of The Savvy Musician, this week on Contrabass Conversations. This new book is filled with excellent and informative about musical entrepreneurship, product development, branding, marketing, networking, and much more. I hope that you enjoy this interview and check out David’s book, and be sure to also visit his [...]

The Amazing Story of François Rabbath, Part One

Yazan: Jason | 20 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass

Longtime friend of the blog Brian Roessler, bassist for the Fantastic Merlins, has a multi-part series about François Rabbath (former Contrabass Conversations guest) being published on Destination Out. Here’s a link to the first part–it’s really cool, and I can’t wait to check out more: DRUM AND BASS: THE AMAZING STORY OF FRANÇOIS RABBATH, Part [...]

Study with Jason Heath this summer at the National High School Music Institute!

Yazan: Jason | 19 November 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, education

I rarely use this blog to actually plug anything that I do (other than urging folks to read my crazy gig stories, I suppose), but I’d like to take this opportunity to announce that I’ll be teaching bass this summer at Northwestern University’s National High School Music Institute. The High School Institute (NHSMI for short) [...]